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Here is an example - The exact same riding venue (Bike Park Wales), one with only 1 battery (top image) and the other with two batteries (bottom image) One battery : 7 runs in 5hrs 50mins Two batteries : 10 runs in 5hrs 43mins If you're paying £100 to ride and driving 5 hours, which one would...

I do ! Having a removable battery means you can ride for much longer, nearly all day in a medium power mode, or a bit less in a higher power mode. [With a second battery] What’s the point in spending £7k to £12k+ on an eMTB with a motor which provides industry leading power & torque, if your...

To be fair to Marin, the lighter bikes are 1.5x to 2.5x more expensive. My Trek Rail weighs 26kg (58lbs) with a rear coil spring, gravity tyres and Mallet E clip pedals, which isn't so much a problem for me, but if I'm upgrading my sons Rail (he's still growing fast) then it's approaching half...

The weight of this @ 26.2kg makes it easily the heaviest eMTB on thier test, by 2 to 4 KG's. : 2026 eMTB Shootout | 15 Bikes go Head-to-Head Be interesting to see what they have to say about the bike. The video is the next one due to drop, maybe tomorrow.

Great effort : Nearly cleared them :)

My list -> Lighter bikes -> More efficient motor systems -> Changeable batteries with simple mechanisms -> Fewer gears and/or MGU's

Oher sports don't have multiple people coming down the same track at the same time. The comparison would be 'watching tennis' tuning in to watch a match whilst missing all of the other matches going on at the same time.

My son riding the GBU line at Forest of Dean [Trek Rail]

Exactly - there are 2 to 4 riders on track at the same time. There would need be 4 screens playing at once to show every run, which gets complicated to comment to and follow. The coverage has actually improved since 10-20+ years ago. They have so many more cameras now. This year is going to...

In my experience it's the race track which shows the driving skills. A good driver in a Mini can still smoke a noob in a Ferrari Same with riding bikes - when the trail points down it doesnt matter how much power your motor is putting out, if you can't ride it then it shows! 💡 As for the new...

My 2024 Trek Rail 9.7 : Gen 4 Bosch Motor, with a 2nd battery for all day riding (total 1500Wh) I've had this for 2 years now with some superb days out on it : Bike Park Wales, DYFI, Revolution, Afan, Cannock Chase, Forest of Dean, LLandegla, Coed-y-Brenin, Sherwood Pines

:LOL: For sure - I went straight for a Fox Pro Frame :love:

100% agree ! Pointless having a long travel Avinox system bike, with mega power you can't use for the session uplifts, for fear of waiting around for 2+ hours to get riding again. Might as well get an analogue DH bike and use the uplift for 5+ years with the money you saved.

The Trek Rail+ features Bosch Gen 5, and a 800Wh battery which is removeable. Currently some are on sale, so the prices are great too ! e.g. Rail+ 9.7 : Carbon Frame, Zeb Fork : £4.6k Rail+ 9.8 : AXS or XT drive train, Fox Performance Elite Fork & Shock : £6k Would be my choice currently ...

Selective reading :rolleyes: You missed/skipped past the first part of my post where I mentioned riding up technical 33% climbs 💡 Sure, I tow my son up the easy trails, but the not the harder/steeper stuff, as he will be on his ebike for these, instead of his DH bike, or we use uplifts at the...